Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-08-26
HOME AND FARM.


make decent return.
Live rs much as possible on the
sunny side of the house. Farm Jour-
nal
Fried Squash Slice Thin. dip in
egg, then in flour, and fry in hot but.
ter.
The time-honored custom of feed
ing little chicks an exclusive diet OF
cornmeal is now condemned Ly some
authorities.
Corn. rs an exclusive diet, is Who'll
ly unfit for horse. 1t is the most
heating food Corn meal ought always
TO be fed with cut hay. - Western Rural
Asparagus: Tie in small punches
but not very tight, put into boiling
water, and cook about II half an hour
Serve hot upon toast with butter
Christian al Work.
To grow corn rs many farmers do,
and get yield of thirty or forty bush
els per acre, affords little profit. but
jus. a. much rs there is in half tillage
of othe IN crops. - Country Gentleman.
--Gpod draining is one of the most
essential things in stable. The va
pors VI hich arise from liquid remaining
upon the floor are inhaled by the ami
mails and produce ill-health. -Montreai
Witness.
Well-drained and deeply-tilled land
stores warmth to such an extent as to
prolong the season of growth, and OBJ
Nate risks of frost that otherwise
might reduce profits of cultivation
materially.
"A good feed for young pigs that are
nearly ready for weaving is equal
parts Of meal, ground oats and shorts.
one quart of the mixture in pale of
skim milk. allowing them all they can
drink of it, three or four times daily.
A little ammonia in hot water--a
tablespoonful to n quart-or a small
quantity of boraX dissolved in the
water, applied with soft cloth or
flannel will clean paint and windows
without soap.-Fd2na, Field and Stock
man.
--Kainit. which is now extensively
used rs II fertilizer, is compound of
the sulphates of potash and magnesia,
containing. also, common salt and
other chlorides. 1t is not only an ex-
cellent fertilizer, being soluble, but is
one OF the best materials that can be
used for preventing loss of ammonia in
the manure pile.-.Sh Louis Republican,
Cheese Omelet: Beat three eggs,
add to them II tablespoonful of grated
Parmesan cheese, pour into u hot pam;
fry and fold in the usual manner. Just
before folding add heaping table
spoonful more of cheese and turn out
on q hot dish. Dust Il little Parmesan
cheese on top and serve. baptist
Heehlu.
Loads Uphill: Nothing is more COM
mon than to see II team drawing a
heavy load up q hill, urged to do its
best from bottom to top, and when the
top is reached the horses are breathing
heavily; while n sensible driver will
hold in his team. and when the top of
the hill is gained there is little quick
ened breath and no exhaustion.
Again, it is common>sor a team to be
driven rapidly down hill. This. too,
is all wrong, lameness and stiffness
often Occurring ms result. In both
rising and descending hill Il team
should be made TO move slowly.
- why do we prefer the poets OF
the past to those of the present." asked
the teacher. Because" replied the
smart bad boy. "the poets of the past
are dead ''And. therefore?' sug-
gested the teacher. ''They can not
write any poetry" continued the smart
bad boy. Neither do the poets of to-
day, replied the teacher, kindly; ''so
you are away off your base Go down
foot. And the astonished boy began
TO wonder if the teacher wasn't getting
n little bad herself. 1t turned out
however, that magazine had just re
turned her verses and published some
Of Whttier's. -Burdette.
Little Tommy was taken to see the
Stewart collection of paintings and
stood for n long time in front of
Gerome's Gladiator" AT length he
said: Mamma, which one is Simonp'
"Why, what do you mean, child; there
is no Simon there" Eyes, there is;
don't you see he's just said thumbs
down. / think the picture would